Journalism and PR
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A journalism or public relations degree will prepare you for entering the communications and publishing industries with the confidence and skills to get on fast.
From the basics of interview technique, news style, features, sports, magazine and business writing, through to the fundamentals of media law, press conferences and media calls, our journalism and PR degrees will provide you with the skills to get that coveted graduate role. It can also be an excellent foundation for a career in radio, TV and video and interactive media industries, or in marketing, organisational communications and advertising. Our media and cultural studies provision has been rated "excellent" by the Quality Assurance Agency.
You will benefit from some of the most experimental and innovative courses in the country and you will be taught by academics and professional journalists with regional, national and international experience across print and digital media. We regularly have guest speakers from industry professionals. Recent speakers include veteran reporter Martin Bell, the editor of Company magazine, The Mirror's Simon Bird, George Caulkin of The Times, the editor of the Sunderland Echo and BBC North East's Jeff Brown. We also have a programme magazine run entirely by our students - Spark Magazine
Your lecturers will work with you to master the latest tools and journalism techniques, while providing you with the critical skills to analyse media and popular culture.
We have a strong research profile, close links with industry and a reputation for producing highly employable graduates. Several of our staff are also actively engaged in research which feeds into their teaching. We have some of the country's leading academics in journalism regularly writing for newspapers such as The Guardian, from the author of The Magazines Handbook to the former head of sports content at the Sunday Sun.
You can find out more about the media department's research at our Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies - and read why 65% of our research is rated as world leading or internationally excellent.
All our BA and MA programmes - with the exception of BA Journalism Studies - are accredited by either the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ), the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC) or the Chartered Institute for Public Relations (CIPR).
